Company deducting money. Need advice.

Contact Ontario's labor ministry and ask them about it. I don't think they can charge you for any damages.

By the way, you need to use shoring bars in front of the load.

 

Well, I’m walking away from this one. This is why rates are garbage. You came from another country to work in another country (Canada,) and then of all things coming down to a third country,- the states flooding the market and destroying someone’s freight. You got hired on a work permit as a shortage for truck drivers…Funny that you happened to be in Texas. No shortage here. No wonder rates are like $1.30 a mile. Well, this is making me go vote early. Catch yall later.

 

Unfortunately, it is in the contract that you signed and agreed to. In these types of contracts and situations, the company seems to always blame the driver. There is nothing you can do about it other than file suit, which usually is not worth it.

 

The driver is responsible for making sure the freight is braced/secure, no matter if the shipper took six hours to load it, wouldn't let you on the dock, or it was a sealed pre loaded trailer etc. Sometimes it's impossible for you to check freight, as with double stacked pallets. But you are the one that gets blamed if something goes wrong. Many times fine print on BOL will tell you this, but they want you to give electronic signature hefore you can read the bills. LOL


Also, if you had to slam on your emergency brake, you were too close to the guy in front of you.

 

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